Exponential separation in sensing continuous signals via squeezing

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Quantum sensing traditionally focuses on using quantum resources such as squeezing and entanglement to improve precision for sensing fixed signals. However, in many applications such as gravitational-wave detection and electromagnetic-field sensing, the signal evolves continuously and varies through time. Additionally, the learner is free to prepare, control, and measure the sensor at arbitrary times, possibly chosen adaptively. In this work, we establish exponential separation in sensing time for continuously evolving signals due to the available squeezing. The signals we study are characterized by a pattern size T, and we find that a sensor with squeezing at least ω(√(log T)) offers a poly(T) sensing time, whereas those with squeezing at most o(√(log T)) must use an exponential sensing time in T.

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@misc{mele2026exponential,
  title = {{Exponential separation in sensing continuous signals via squeezing}},
  author = {Francesco Anna Mele and Nadine Meister and Haimeng Zhao and Senrui Chen and Hsin-Yuan Huang},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.38678},
  eprint = {2609.38678},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38678},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Exponential separation in sensing continuous signals via squeezing
AU  - Francesco Anna Mele
AU  - Nadine Meister
AU  - Haimeng Zhao
AU  - Senrui Chen
AU  - Hsin-Yuan Huang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.38678
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38678
AB  - Quantum sensing traditionally focuses on using quantum resources such as squeezing and entanglement to improve precision for sensing fixed signals. However, in many applications such as gravitational-wave detection and electromagnetic-field sensing, the signal evolves continuously and varies through time. Additionally, the learner is free to prepare, control, and measure the sensor at arbitrary times, possibly chosen adaptively. In this work, we establish exponential separation in sensing time for continuously evolving signals due to the available squeezing. The signals we study are characterized by a pattern size T, and we find that a sensor with squeezing at least ω(√(log T)) offers a poly(T) sensing time, whereas those with squeezing at most o(√(log T)) must use an exponential sensing time in T.
ER  -

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